Uniden UBCD996T Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 55)

Programming General Settings

This section covers your scanners general settings.

The LCD has a backlight that can be set to green or red with three levels of intensity

for each color plus .

To make your selection, press . Each time you press the control, the backlight

cycles in the following order.

OFF — Low Intensity Green — Medium Intensity Green — High Intensity Green —

Low Intensity Red — Medium Intensity Red — High Intensity Red

When you stop at the desired level, the scanner remembers your setting the next

time you turn on the scanner.

You can also set the backlight using the menu.

If you connect the orange wire to a wire in your car that changes state when you turn

on the headlights, the scanner can automatically dim the display when you turn on

the headlights. If you have not connected the orange wire, set Dimmer to Manual

and manually select the dimmer level. If you have connected the orange wire, set

Dimmer to Auto, then select “+ Polarity” if the orange wire gets 12V when you turn

on the headlights or to “- Polarity” if the orange wire is switched to chassis ground

when you turn on the headlights.

Tapping overrides the menu setting and cycles through all backlight settings.

— Use this setting if you have connected the scanner to your vehicle’s

headlights using the orange wire. If you select this option, the scanner automatically

dims the backlight when you turn on the headlights. After selecting this option,

select:

— If the headlight wire is connected to +12V when the headlights

are on pick this setting.

Setting and Using the Backlight

OFF

[VOL]

[MENU]

Setting the Dimmer

Settings

Set Backlight

Set Dimmer

Auto

+ Polarity

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Uniden UBCD996T Owner's Manual Page 55